Smellycat Production’s 2011 Projects 
This past year was a busy year for SCP! Here’s just some of our 2011 work:
- College of William and Mary Flat Hat News (in development)
- Atlantic HVAC Service
- Bedcrafters by Michelle
- CJ Jones Inc.
- CX Analytics Continue reading
Build Your Own Website Bootcamp
Build and publish your own CMS (content management system) 3-page website, with our help, in one day in our studio!
The “Build Your Own Website Bootcamp” is perfect for organizations and small businesses just starting out, or others who’ve been wanting a simple website they can manage themselves, but can’t afford a custom site at this time.
In the bootcamp, we’ll help you build your website, and teach you how to add more pages, images and everything else you’ll need to know to manage and optimize it yourself.
Since this is something new we’re trying out, we’re only taking a few applicants for this first bootcamp, to be held sometime at the end of January or early February. If interested, click here, and we’ll send you more details.
Cost – $500.00.
Do It Yourself, Search Engine Optimization Workshop
To learn to use SEO, yourself, to increase your business and make money with your website, attend our DIY (Do-it-yourself) Website Optimization Workshop on December 8, 2011 from 6 – 8 p.m. As always, seats are limited, so reserve yours by December 5th by calling us @ 757-250-3197, or email us. Continue reading
Don’t Fear the Panda (or should you?)
Don’t get eaten by Panda! Attend our Do-it-yourself Website Optimization Workshop!
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 6 – 8 p.m. in our studio in space 59 of the Williamsburg Outlet Mall, 6401 Richmond Road, Williamsburg VA 23188. To reserve your seat, call us @ 757-250-3197, or email us by September 13, 2011. Cost is $45, payable by check, Mastercard, Visa, Discover or PayPal .
When most people hear the word “Panda” they either think of a cute black and white bear that “eats, shoots and leaves” or a big black and white bear with big teeth, but Google’s new Panda search engine is different. In this case, some businesses fear Google Panda, not because it’s a big bear with big teeth, but because if your website has not met Panda’s regulations, your site could get slammed or, in Google-speak, “Pandafied”. Continue reading
It’s a wrap!
SEO tips of the month
What’s your website grade?
For those of you who would like to know how your website is performing, and what steps you can take to improve its performance and search engine ranking, go to websitegrader.com, a free website analysis tool, enter your website address, and click “Generate Report”. The cool thing about this site, is you can also check out your competitions’ websites and see how they rank.
Google Places–location, location, location!
Calling All “Uber” Multitaskers!
LaPraya McCoy, a reporter with the Daily Press, one of the large newspapers serving Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA, has contacted us for help with an article she is writing. Here is the email she sent us:
“Hi, I hope all is well. I am currently working on a story about why people multitask and what experts say about multitasking. Do you have any friends who say will have Facebook up, check e-mails, talk on the phone and watch TV all at once? Do you know anyone who you consider a heavy “multitasker,” if so, please let me know asap. E-mail laprayam@yahoo.com with the contact info (phone number, e-mail address, etc.)…. Thanks!”
How about it–any “uber” mutlitaskers out there?
DIY Website Optimization Step 6 – Blogs and Social Media
Blog, become a “social butterfly”, convert visitors to leads and improve your search engine ranking.
Google LOVES blogs, because their content is always changing. A blog can really push your website higher in the rankings, but only if it’s part of your website, like ours is, as opposed to using a third party like Wordpress.com to host it.
Smellycat Blogging Workshop in the News!
In case you might have missed it, the Daily Press ran a great article on our blogging workshops in their 8/29 Sunday edition that included a few nice shout-outs for some of our clients!
“My Webmaster takes care of me” (NOT!)
Over the last few months I have been asking business owners why they have a website and have been amazed by their answers.
The number one answer I get is, “because I need one”.
When I ask how they are measuring the numbers and types of visitors coming to their website, they have no idea what I am talking about.
When I ask them if they would like to have their website optimized so they will maintain (or get to) the first page position of a search, they invariably answer “My webmaster (or whoever) takes care of that”.
Oh really? Not from what I’ve seen. Almost every small (and large) business website I see is poorly, if at all, optimized.
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